Both can be useful as enemies will investigate the change of state.Ĭheck the map on the right of the box, and RB and LB can switch rooms for many rewire boxes, as you can see exactly where the distraction will happen. Alarms work from further away but take a lot longer to reset and be used again. They also allow you to remove poison gasses from some areas so that you can get through them.

Often they open doors and the like, but also:

There are various things that you can do, depending on the options in the rewire box.